N.Y. Public Health Law § 3702: Special provisions

§ 3702. Special provisions. 1. Inpatient medical orders. A licensed

physician assistant employed or extended privileges by a hospital may,

if permissible under the bylaws, rules and regulations of the hospital,

write medical orders, including those for controlled substances and

durable medical equipment, for inpatients under the care of the

physician responsible for the supervision of such physician assistant.

Countersignature of such orders may be required if deemed necessary and

appropriate by the supervising physician or the hospital, but in no

event shall countersignature be required prior to execution.

2. Withdrawing blood. A licensed physician assistant or certified

nurse practitioner acting within his or her lawful scope of practice may

supervise and direct the withdrawal of blood for the purpose of

determining the alcoholic or drug content therein under subparagraph one

of paragraph (a) of subdivision four of section eleven hundred

ninety-four of the vehicle and traffic law, notwithstanding any

provision to the contrary in clause (ii) of such subparagraph.

3. Prescriptions for controlled substances. A licensed physician

assistant, in good faith and acting within his or her lawful scope of

practice, and to the extent assigned by his or her supervising

physician, may prescribe controlled substances as a practitioner under

article thirty-three of this chapter, to patients under the care of such

physician responsible for his or her supervision. The commissioner, in

consultation with the commissioner of education, may promulgate such

regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.